The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has once again summoned Maharashtra’s former home minister Anil Deshmukh and his son Hrishikesh in connection with an alleged money laundering case. The investigating agency has asked them to appear before it on August 2.
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The summons have been issued on the day when the Supreme Court refused to grant protection from arrest to Anil Deshmukh in the corruption case that is being probed by the ED and the CBI.
Earlier, on two occasions the NCP leader had skipped the ED summons.
Deshmukh had said he was unable to appear in person before the agency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Later, he asked the ED to wait for apex court to decide on his petition seeking protection from coercive action by the probe agencies.